Spud vs. Potato

Spudnoun

(obsolete) A dagger.

Spudnoun

A tool, similar to a spade, used for digging out weeds etc.

Spudnoun

(tools) A barking spud; a long-handled tool for removing bark from logs.

Spudnoun

(informal) A potato.

Spudnoun

A hole in a sock.

Spudnoun

A type of short nut (fastener) threaded on both ends.

Spudnoun

(obsolete) Anything short and thick.

Spudnoun

A piece of dough boiled in fat.

Spudnoun

A testicle.

Spudverb

(drilling) To begin drilling an oil well; to drill by moving the drill bit and shaft up and down, or by raising and dropping a bit.

Spudverb

(roofing) To remove the roofing aggregate and most of the bituminous top coating by scraping and chipping.

Spudverb

(camping) To set up a recreational vehicle (RV) at a campsite, typically by leveling the RV and connecting it to electric, water, and/or sewer hookups.

Spudproper noun

A game for three or more players, involving the gradual elimination of players by throwing and catching a ball.

Spudnoun

A sharp, narrow spade, usually with a long handle, used by farmers for digging up large-rooted weeds; a similarly shaped implement used for various purposes.

Spudnoun

A dagger.

Spudnoun

Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat.

Spudnoun

A potato.

Spudnoun

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Spudnoun

a sharp hand shovel for digging out roots and weeds

Spudverb

initiate onsite drilling operations, as for petroleum;

Spudverb

produce buds, branches, or germinate;

Potatonoun

A plant tuber, Solanum tuberosum, eaten as a starchy vegetable, particularly in the Americas and Europe

Potatonoun

A conspicuous hole in a sock or stocking

Potatonoun

(humorous) A camera that takes poor-quality pictures.

Potatonoun

A mentally handicapped person.

Potatonoun

A plant (Solanum tuberosum) of the Nightshade family, and its esculent farinaceous tuber, of which there are numerous varieties used for food. It is native of South America, but a form of the species is found native as far north as New Mexico.

Potatonoun

an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland

Potatonoun

annual native to South America having underground stolons bearing edible starchy tubers; widely cultivated as a garden vegetable; vines are poisonous

Potatonoun

a starchy plant tuber which is one of the most important food crops, cooked and eaten as a vegetable

Potatonoun

the plant of the nightshade family which produces potatoes on underground runners.

Potatonoun

a large hole in a sock or stocking, especially one in the heel.

Potato

The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself is a perennial in the nightshade family, Solanaceae.Wild potato species, originating in modern-day Peru, can be found throughout the Americas, from Canada to southern Chile. The potato was originally believed to have been domesticated by Native Americans independently in multiple locations, but later genetic testing of the wide variety of cultivars and wild species traced a single origin for potatoes, in the area of present-day southern Peru and extreme northwestern Bolivia.